The Infected Museum
Viktor Wynd at The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall
Published on 30. November 2021
Book
Hardback
71 pages
978-1-8384596-0-4 (ISBN)
Description
Fully illustrated hardback catalogue to the exhibition Viktor Wynd's UnNatural History Museum within The National Maritime Museum, Cornwall running until December 2022
Introduced by The Museum's Director Richard Doughty With Essays by art historian Adrain Dannatt, artist Mark Dion, Historian of Museums Arthur MacGregor & Richard Pell - Director of The Center for Postnatural History
Viktor Wynd's UnNatural History Museum
Myth, Magick, Legends, Love & Freaks,
Welcome to the inside of artist Viktor Wynd's mind, a place peopled by Unicorns, Fairies, Giants, Mermaids, myths, legends and dreams. A voyage to the monsters that live in the depths of his subconscious, from a two headed kitten and a two headed teddy bear to a selkie's foot, a babie's caul and a magical jar of moles. Viktor Wynd is a 'pataphysical artist who uses museum objects in the way that other artists use tubes of paint, a writer who presents his novel on hand written museum labels. Founder and proprietor, since 2009, of London's infamous & eponymous Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History he invites you to come in. enjoy and exit through The Egress
Introduced by The Museum's Director Richard Doughty With Essays by art historian Adrain Dannatt, artist Mark Dion, Historian of Museums Arthur MacGregor & Richard Pell - Director of The Center for Postnatural History
Viktor Wynd's UnNatural History Museum
Myth, Magick, Legends, Love & Freaks,
Welcome to the inside of artist Viktor Wynd's mind, a place peopled by Unicorns, Fairies, Giants, Mermaids, myths, legends and dreams. A voyage to the monsters that live in the depths of his subconscious, from a two headed kitten and a two headed teddy bear to a selkie's foot, a babie's caul and a magical jar of moles. Viktor Wynd is a 'pataphysical artist who uses museum objects in the way that other artists use tubes of paint, a writer who presents his novel on hand written museum labels. Founder and proprietor, since 2009, of London's infamous & eponymous Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History he invites you to come in. enjoy and exit through The Egress
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
31 full colour photographs
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-8384596-0-4 (9781838459604)
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Viktor Wynd is a 'pataphysical artist who uses museum objects in the way that other artists use tubes of paint, a writer who presents his novel on hand written museum labels. Founder and proprietor, since 2009, of London's infamous & eponymous Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History he is the author of 'Viktor Wynd's Cabinet of Wonders' (Prestel 2014) and 'The UnNatural History Museum' Prestel 2020